The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

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The Candid Frame #197 - Zack Arias Aug 05, 2013

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Zack Arias is an Atlanta-based commercial and editorial photographer who specializes in portraiture, music and street photography. He is the author of Photography Q & A: Real Questions. Real Answers. He provides a frank, unique and honest choice to what it means to create and maintain a career as a professional, working photographer. www.zackarias.com www.feelsgoodletsgo.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #196 - Sam (Whittier Sam) Smotherman Jul 22, 2013

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Sam (Whittier Sam) Smotherman is narrative street photographer from Los Angeles, who believes in the power of dialogue and that is what he tries to create through his images. Not just a dialogue between observers but within the whole process. He is not removed from his pictures, but chooses instead to speak where subjects often have no voice, making sure to give articulation to those who have not only shared their image, but their words. Photography helps him to define and connect him with the world and his surroundings in a way it does not when he is not shooting. It is not just about the seeing or feeling an image; he wants to be compelled to think. Conveying truth in his images is important and he looks for the beauty in the broken because that is often where the truth lies. Working to show the conditions of life on the margins, he wants all people to feel they can help make the human condition better by working for social justice and spiritual grace. www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #195 - Lindsay Adler Jul 15, 2013

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Lindsay Adler is a professional fashion and portrait photographer based in New York. Her work has been featured in several international fashion magazines and photography magazines including Sublime Magazine, Popular Photography, Professional Photographer, Shutterbug, Rangefinder Magazine and dozens more. Her visual artwork crosses many disciplines within photography as well as video. Lindsay teaches photography workshops at major conferences and seminars worldwide. Each year she reaches thousands of photographers through her classes, gallery shows and DVDs. She has many major industry sponsors and teachers for companies including B&H, Calumet and Unique Photo. www.lindsayadlerphotography.com http://www.artandcommerce.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=AAC_A_Solve_Sundsbo_VForm&FRM=Frame:AAC_R_SolveSundsbo www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #194 - Mary Ellen Mark Jul 08, 2013

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Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the academy award nominated film STREETWISE, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell. www.maryellenmark.com www.jamescarbone.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #193 - John Ellis and Laura Preston (The Democratic Travelers) Jul 02, 2013

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John Ellis and Laura Preston left their lives in New York City on February 1st, 2013 to spend a year traveling around the United States in a 34 foot Airstream trailer. But instead of choosing their own destinations, they crowd-sourced the itinerary, letting the internet decide where they go. John, a freelance web developer, designed and built a website where people can suggest any place in the country for the couple to visit. The suggestions can then be voted upon; John and Laura visit the places with the most votes. They share photos and stories about their experiences on their blog and various social medias. Both John and Laura come from artistic backgrounds. John went to school in Atlanta to study photography and worked for legendary photographer Jay Maisel for a number of years in Manhattan. Laura is a painter and studied art history and studio art at New York University. www.thedemocratictravelers.com www.zacharyconcepcion.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #192 - Jonathon Auch Jun 24, 2013

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Jonathan Lucas Auch was born in New York City in 1984. He studied painting at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. Upon returning to New York City, and training as darkroom printer, Jonathan worked for 3 years as the exhibition printer and assistant for photojournalist James Nachtwey, where he was responsible for all print production used in exhibits, periodicals, galleries and museums. As a freelance photographer, Jonathan works both on the street and producing photo/video reportage on a variety of stories which focus on; political, cultural and emotional isolation, alienation, loneliness, racism and discrimination. Jonathan Lucas Auch was born in New York City in 1984. He studied painting at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. Upon returning to New York City, and training as darkroom printer, Jonathan worked for 3 years as the exhibition printer and assistant for photojournalist James Nachtwey, where he was responsible for all print production used in exhibits, periodicals, galleries and museums. As a freelance photographer, Jonathan works both on the street and producing photo/video reportage on a variety of stories which focus on; political, cultural and emotional isolation, alienation, loneliness, racism and discrimination. www.jonathonauch.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Klein_(photographer) www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #191 - Annu Palakunnathu Matthew Jun 17, 2013

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Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's recent exhibitions include the Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ, Light Work, Syracuse, NY, Sepia International, New York City, the RISD Museum, the 2006 Noorderlicht Photo Festival in Netherlands and the 2005 Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal Photo Biennale in Canada. In 2007, Matthew was the first of three artists to be awarded the 2007 MacColl Johnson Fellowship in Visual Arts. Among the list of other grants recently supporting Matthew's work include the John Gutmann Fellowship, Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Fellowship and the American Institute of Indian Studies Creative Arts fellowship. She was recently an artist in residence at the Yaddo Colony, Saratoga Springs, NY and the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH. Her work can be found in the collection of the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, and the RISD Museum, Providence, RI, among others. Matthew's work is included in the book BLINK from Phaidon, that according to the publisher celebrates the quality and vision of today's 100 most exciting international contemporary photographers. Annu Palakunnathu Matthew is on the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the URI Council for the Humanities. She is represented by Sepia International Inc., New York City & Tasveer Gallery, India. http://www.annumatthew.com/ http://www.davidhwells.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #190 - Sarah Allegra Jun 11, 2013

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Sarah Allegra is a Los Angeles-based fine art photographer specializing in conceptual and self-portrait imagery. A self-taught photographer, she has also indulged in other forms of artistic expression – from painting to songwriting – since she could first hold a crayon. Her photography is darkly ethereal, deeply symbolic and other-worldly. Drawing inspiration from music, books, fairy tales and her own personal demons, she creates visual poetry through her work. http://sarahallegra.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/artosthebear/ http://www.unsinnimage.com/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #189 - Walter Plotnick Jun 03, 2013

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Walter Plotnick is a photo-based artist who lives and works in the Philadelphia area. He received his MFA from University of the Arts and BFA from Tyler School of Art. My current work is a hybrid of wet photography and digital process. I am influenced by the work of Bauhaus, Constructivist and Surrealist Photographers from the 1920s through the 1930s. I make photographs and photograms by constructing temporary still lifes, using vintage found objects and images on top of photographic paper in the darkroom. By manipulating a variety of light sources, then digitally combining, repeating or adding images, I am able to visually explore an abstract environment with objects and light, creating movement, form and tension. http://walterplotnick.com http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/heartfield/ www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

The Candid Frame #188 - Will Jax May 28, 2013

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After a short-lived tenure as a junior high school teacher and coach, then a flirtation with filmmaking, Will Jacks finally settled in on a career as a photographer. Eager to get started, he left Journalism graduate school in 1996, even though he was only a few hours shy of receiving his degree. His business has grown to serve a diverse clientele of commercial and editorial clients throughout the southeast, and his personal work is represented in several galleries in the region. In addition, his documentary work of the Mississippi Delta is a prominent part of the Viking Range permanent archives. Will is also active in the photographic and arts communities, serving as a past executive board member for the Delta Arts Alliance, a governor-appointed board member of the Mississippi Blues Commission, and as a judge for the ShootQ Grant, among others. He also owns and operates a small photography gallery focusing on imagery from the Mississippi Delta, and just this spring has re-enrolled at the University of Mississippi in order to finally complete his Master’s Degree. He and his wife Jamie, as well as their two pound puppies, Sam and Homer, live part-time in the Mississippi Delta and part-time in the French Quarter of New Orleans. www.willjax.com www.thecandidframe.com info@thecandidframe.com

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